The Analysis of Fruit Transportation Route from Chanthaburi Province to Cambodia Border Trade

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to explore the fruit transport routes from Chanthaburi to Cambodia border trade, to analyse the routes and the border crossing points, in order to find the most suitable routes for transporting the fruits. This study collected data of fruit transport routes from Chanthaburi province to Cambodia border trade. And then evaluated data by evaluation set : Transport Potential Assessment Criteria : 1) the number of lanes in the direction, 2) the width of the road, 3) the wind of the pavement, 4) the kind of road surface, 5) the slope of winding road, 6) the degradation of damaged surface, 7) number of the hazardous in route, 8) the ability to connect to other modes, and 9) the ability to connect with other countries. After that analyze potential transportation routes by MCDM (Multiple – Criteria Decision Making) in SAW (Simple Additive Weighting) method. The study has revealed that there are 5 crossing points in Chanthaburi province : 1) Ban Pakkad permanent border crossing point 2) Ban Laem permanent border crossing point 3) Ban Bueng Chanang Lang check point border trade 4) Ban Suansom check point border trade 5) Ban Sabtaree check point border trade.

The results of the study showed the best potential transport route from Chanthaburi province to Cambodia border is the route to Ban Laem permanent border crossing point (the result Level is 80 percent). The second is the route to Ban Pakkad permanent border crossing point (the result Level is 71.1 percent). Moreover, the route to Ban Sabtaree check point border trade which was the highest potential compare to other check point border trade so this could be a potential permanent border crossing point in the future.